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"By the end of the hunt, more than 300,000 seals are expected to be clubbed or shot to death by fishermen who hunt seals off-season to pick up extra cash by selling their skins. Almost all of their victims will be babies -- some as young as 12 days old ( Read more... ) -
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Sadly, Elizabethtown was as bad as the critics made it sound. :( I should have listened to the 29% rating on rottentomatoes.com.... C'est la vie. It wasn't all terrible, but it felt kind of confused, didn't have that something that makes a movie feel magical, didn't become all it wanted to be.
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I saw a purse/tote I loved several months ago at a local shop...I decided to wait, since it was more than I'd ever spent on a purse, but I should have gotten it right then, because I went back today and they're out of it. It's discontinued by the company that makes it in Olympia, and none of the other stores that would have carried it have any ( Read more... ) -
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i like molly ivins' style...
Which brings us to one of the many paradoxes of the Bush administration, which claims to be creating "the responsibility society." It's hard to think of a crowd less likely to take responsibility for anything they have done or not done than this bunch. They're certainly good at preaching responsibility to others -- and ( Read more... ) -
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mmm...
i'm watching the local news (forgive me, i rarely do this!), and they mentioned this tasty-sounding drink made in turin, italy. i want some :-).
here's what it looks like:
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Ask not what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive...then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
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From An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain, by Diane Ackerman:
When our ancestors became fearful, adrenaline surged through their flesh, and they either ran away or fought. ... Today, armed only with the same set of responses, we tackle chaotic and bewildering fears--failing a math test, receiving a bad review, investing badly ( Read more... )
